Celestial Hierarchy Second Order
Angelic Choirs
 According to medieval
Christian theologians, the
Angels are organized into
several orders, or Angelic
Choirs.
 Pseudo Dionysius – The
Celestial Hierarchy
 Scholars from the Middle
Ages believed that angels
and archangels are the
lowest since they are the
most involved with people
 St John of Damascus in his
“De Fide Orthodoxa” and St.
Thomas Aquinas’ “Summa
Theologiae” confirmed the
Dionysian hierarchy of nine,
three sets of three
 The word ANGEL, according
to St. Isidore of Seville, is
the name of a function, not of
nature; for they are always
spirits, but are called angels
when they are sent
First Order
 This order and its three
choirs control the balance of
the universe and the
manifestation of divine wills,
that they carry out.
 First Choir- Seraphim
Second Choir - Cherubim
Third Choir
- Thrones (Ophanim
orAuphinim)
 This order and its three
choirs represent the power of
God and they govern the
planets, especially Earth.
They also carry out the
decrees of the angels of the
First Order and oversee those
of the Third Order.
 Fourth Choir - Dominions
Fifth Choir - Virtues
Sixth Choir - Powers
Third Order
 This order and its three
choirs protect and guide
humanity, and bring our
prayers to the Divine
Presence.
 Seventh Choir
- Principalities
Eighth Choir
- Archangels
Ninth Choir - Angels
Seraphim
 serve as the caretakers of
God's throne and
continuously singing his
praises
 surround the throne of God,
singing the "music of the
spheres"
 highest order of God's
Angelic Servants
 appear with six wings and
four heads
 known as 'fiery serpents'
 beings of pure light
 angels of love, light and fire
  keep negative energy from
getting through to
divinity
 shine so brilliantly with light
that humans unlikely to
see them
 chant the Trisagion, "Holy,
holy, holy..."
 Metatron , Jehoel,
Seraphiel, Nathanael
Cherubim
 they are the guardians of
light and of the stars.
 Their rank among angels is
uncertain
 said to have perfect
knowledge of God, surpassed
only by the love of the
Seraphim
 angels of Harmony & Wisdom
 guard the light and the stars
 channel positive energy from
the divine
 angels of boundless love,
knowledge
 can function as personal
guards
 guarding religious temples
 Ophaniel, Zophiel,
Cherubiel
Thrones
 Ophanim (Wheels)
 They appear as a beryl-
coloured wheel-within-a-
wheel, their rims covered
with hundreds of eyes
 angels of justice & will
 known as the "many-eyed
ones
 create, send and collect
positive energy
 Zaphkiel, Orifiel,
Japhakiel, Raziel, Baradiel
Dominions
 also known as the
Hashmallim, hold the task of
regulating the duties of lower
angels.
 are believed to look like
divinely beautiful humans
with a pair of feathered wings
 holding orbs of light fastened
to scepters
 angels of intuition & wisdom
 divine leaders
 combining spiritual and
material order of the law of
cause and effect
 making adjustments when
highest human interests are
not followed by churches,
politicians, leaders
 Zadkiel, Hasamael,
Muriel, Zacharel
Virtues
 to supervise the movements
of the heavenly bodies in
order to ensure that the
cosmos remains in order
 angels of movement & choice
 known as "The Miracle Angels
sending spiritual energy to
the collective human
consciousness helping those
that strive to go beyond and
accomplish what others call
impossible
  loving positive people who
try to help, enlighten and
lead others towards harmony
 helps in healing through
elemental energies, Earth,
Air, Fire, Water Spirit
 Raphael, Uzziel, Haniel,
Babiel, Peuel
Powers
 are the bearers of conscience
and the keepers of history.
 academically driven and are
concerned with ideology,
philosophy, theology,
religion, and documents
pertaining to those studies
 angels of space & form
 keep track of human history
 organizers for world religions
 dispensing justice
 sending messages if
someone is out to harm you
& defending your home,
family, friends
 Camael, Verchiel
Principalities
 Their task is to oversee
groups of people
 angels of time & personality
 guard continents, countries,
cities, large groups
 working toward global reform
 channel positive energy
 protectors of politics and
religion
 Haniel, Uriel, Anael ,
Raguel, Remiel
Archangels
 Greek (archangelos),
meaning chief angel
 angels of fire, ruling angels
 able to belong to several
levels in the hierarchy angel
 enjoy human contact
 Michael (Sunday),
Raphael (Tuesday) ,
Remiell (Friday), Uriel
(Wednesday) , Gabriel
(Monday), Raguel
(Thursday), Sariel
(Saturday)
Angels
 also known as the Malakhim
(messengers or angels), are
the lowest order of the
angels, and the most familiar
to men
 messenger angels , nature
angels
 assigned to humans, such as
guardian angels,
 involved in human and
physical manifestation
 channel from divinity to
human needing to be asked,
will not always interfere
 guardian angel can come
from any level -
communicating with all other
angels
 help in transformation, death,
birth, defense and protection
 Names are varied and
abundant and they act as
intermediaries between God
& Humans